--- type: "Bill" title: "Emergency possessory orders." description: "Provides that under certain circumstances a landlord may file a petition for an emergency possessory order. Requires a court to order a tenant to return possession of a dwelling unit to the landlord if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) a tenant or the tenant's guest has committed a crime that affects the health and safety of another tenant, the landlord, or an agent of the landlord; or (2) a tenant provided materially false information to induce the landlord into leasing or giving possession of the rental unit to the tenant. Provides that nothing in the section concerning filing a petition for an emergency possessory orders shall be construed to interfere with the rights of a tenant who is the victim of certain crimes." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 1115" citation: "Indiana HB 1115 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "COURTS; Probate Court and Proceedings", "COURTS; Trial Courts", "HEALTH; Behavioral Health; Generally", "PROPERTY; Housing", "PROPERTY; Landlords and Tenants"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ethan Manning", "Mike Gaskill"] version_count: 4 action_count: 25 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2025-01-08" last_action: "2025-05-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/350878b5-878f-4ed2-822c-81749db2dc34" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1115" source_hash: "e90fb90406b9d7938ab8f40d5908d2572c14952d7abe562e1cbd8e507e47015d" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"] --- # Indiana HB 1115 (2025) — Emergency possessory orders. Provides that under certain circumstances a landlord may file a petition for an emergency possessory order. Requires a court to order a tenant to return possession of a dwelling unit to the landlord if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) a tenant or the tenant's guest has committed a crime that affects the health and safety of another tenant, the landlord, or an agent of the landlord; or (2) a tenant provided materially false information to induce the landlord into leasing or giving possession of the rental unit to the tenant. Provides that nothing in the section concerning filing a petition for an emergency possessory orders shall be construed to interfere with the rights of a tenant who is the victim of certain crimes. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1115/HB1115.04.ENGS.pdf) 2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1115/HB1115.05.ENRS.pdf) 3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1115/HB1115.03.COMS.pdf) 4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1115/HB1115.01.INTR.pdf) ## Votes - HB 1115 - Manning — **63–17** (pass) · lower - HB 1115 - Manning — **63–27** (pass) · lower - HB 1115 - Manning - 3rd Reading — **70–19** (pass) · lower - HB 1115 - Gaskill - 3rd Reading — **38–10** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Ethan Manning — primary (person) - Mike Gaskill — primary (person) - Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Manning - **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-01-28** Representative Zimmerman added as coauthor - **2025-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-01-30** Amendment #5 (Bauer) ruled out of order - **2025-01-30** Appeal the ruling of the chair (Burton); ruling of the chair sustained Roll Call 42: yeas 63, nays 27 - **2025-01-30** Amendment #2 (Bauer) ruled out of order - **2025-01-30** Amendment #1 (Burton) ruled out of order - **2025-02-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 65: yeas 70, nays 19 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-02-03** Senate sponsor: Senator Gaskill - **2025-02-04** Referred to the Senate `referral` - **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-03-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-03-31** Amendment #2 (Gaskill) prevailed; Division of the Senate: yeas 33, nays 11 `amendment-passage` - **2025-04-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 323: yeas 38, nays 10 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-04-02** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt` - **2025-04-14** Motion to concur filed `filing` - **2025-04-16** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 464: yeas 63, nays 17 - **2025-04-17** Signed by the Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2025-05-01** Public Law 157 `became-law` - **2025-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/350878b5-878f-4ed2-822c-81749db2dc34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).